Contents * NEW Junto meeting Mar. 6 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through June 2014 * NEW NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., Feb. 23, 3:00pm * NEW Dr. Keith Smith on free market medicine -- Feb. Junto * NEW The FCC wades into the newsroom * NEW Obamacare is suffocating already sick health ins. * NEW Industry ObamaCare is killing: Medical-device industry * NEW Celebrating Mozart' music on his birthday * NEW Three new books -- bullies, rights & moral case for fuels * NEW Naomi Brockwell active online, she's often at Junto * NEW Free seminar -- Big ideas on the big screen * NEW "Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?" title of part 3 * NEW Chinese dissident Xia Yeliang joins Cato visiting fellow * NEW Watch Xia Yeliang on a Cato panel, Thu., Feb. 27 * NEW Business to swear they aren't trying to avoid ObamaCare * NEW The power of glamour: Persuasion, longing & aspiration * NEW ObamaCare, "Atlas Shrugged" & imperial super-pres. * NEW "Shark Tank" reruns are successful and other facts * NEW Minimum wage research site from Cato * NEW In memory of Barbara Branden, 1929 -- 2013, Mar. 2 * NEW Cato Institute's new site explains libertarianism * NEW Free market and Objectivist groups, sites and podcasts * Read and post to the Junto sites * About Junto and this Junto newsletter NEW_____________________________________________ Junto is a group that shares information, discusses current issues and presents speakers Mark Skousen Ben Franklin and his libertarian critics Thursday, Mar. 6 Admission free -- no reservation necessary * We'll socialize from 7:00pm to 7:30pm * 7:30pm moderator, Gene Epstein calls first for announcements of things happening before the next Junto. Then other announcements and for people introducing themselves. * The speaker will begin promptly at 8:00pm. * Most speakers will present their thoughts in several sections. Each section will have audience questions, discussions and rebuttal of the speaker's points. * Discussions are intense but polite. * The meeting will continue to 10:00pm or later. General Society Library 20 West 44 St., between 5th and 6th Aves., NYC near the Grand Central Terminal * Junto meets on the first Thursday of every month * Participation by all attendees is highly encouraged. * 70 to 150 people attend most Juntos. Mark Skousen, speaks on Ben Franklin and his libertarian critics. He's an American Austrian School economist, U. prof., author of 20+ books and founder of FreedomFest -- the largest free minds conference. He compiled and edited "The completed autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin." The original book ended at age 51, but Franklin lived to 84. Mark used only Franklin's own words to finish the last 33 years of the autobiography. He's an eighth-generation descendant of Franklin, the Founding Father. He holds the Benjamin Franklin Chair of Management, Grantham U. He taught economics and finance Columbia Business School, Columbia U., Barnard College, Mercy College and Rollins College. He's been a consultant to IBM, Hutchinson Technology and other Fortune 500 companies. He's editor in chief Forecasts & Strategies, editor of 3 trading services: Skousen Hedge Fund Trader, Skousen High-Income Alert and Fast Money Alert. He editored "Secrets of the Great Investors," with Louis Rukeyser as narrator. He was a Central Intelligence Agency analyst, was columnist 1997-2001 Forbes magazine and was past president Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). He's written for Wall Street Journal, Liberty, Reason, Human Events, Daily Caller, Christian Science Monitor and Journal of Economic Perspectives. He's appeared on ABC News, CNBC Power Lunch, CNN, Fox News and C-SPAN Book TV. He was a regular contributor to Larry Kudlow & Co. on CNBC. His bestsellers are "Economics on trial," "Puzzles & paradoxes on economics." "The making of modern economics," "Big three in economics," "EconoPower," "Economic logic," "The complete guide to financial privacy," "Scrooge investing," "Investing in one lesson" and "High finance on a low budget" co-authored with his wife Jo Ann. Honoring his work in economics, finance and management, Grantham U. renamed its business school "The Mark Skousen School of Business." He's lived in 8 nations, traveled & lectured in the U.S. & 70 countries. He grew up in Portland, OR. He, wife and 5 children lived in DC; Bahamas; London, England; Orlando, Fla. and NY. Visit www.mskousen.com, www.markskousen.com and www.freedomfest.com. ______________________________ ____________________ * The Junto Forum, read & post here: www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum * Visit Junto's site for information on current & past speakers, to read previous newsletters and to sign up for the Junto e-newsletter: www.NYCjunto.com * Visit Junto on Facebook: www.on.fb.me/JuntoNYC * Follow Junto on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NYCJunto ______________________________ ____________________ Junto focuses on free markets, Objectivism and investing. Our founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer. Visit his site at: www.DailySpeculations.com ****************************** ******************** Please email the above text to your freedom loving friends who might be interested in Junto. Feel free to use the above text to promote Junto among free marketers, Objectivists and investors. NEW___________________________ __________________ Come to Junto, meet these upcoming speakers: * April 3, Donald Smith investment adviser, speaking on secrets of deep-value investing. Donald Smith & Co., Inc. is a deep-value manager employing a strict bottom-up approach. www.DonaldSmithAndCo.com * May 1, William Easterly, NYU prof. econ., his forthcoming book, "The tyranny of experts: Economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor" www.williameasterly.org * June 5, Robert Begley, Man the hero: Crucial role heroism plays in life. Founder www.tiny.cc/NYheros, judges "Anthem" and "Fountainhead" essay contests for the Ayn Rand Institute, writes for The Objective Standard Blog: www.tiny.cc/Begley NEW___________________________ ___________________ Dr. Keith Smith on free market medicine, Feb. Junto Report on the night's highly enlightening talk by anesthesiologist Keith Smith and co-founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma (www.tiny.cc/Surgery) who spoke about the tremendous cost of health care and how he is profitable while charging 1/5 to 1/10 what traditional hospitals charge for the same procedures. He is an advocate of free markets and price transparency and publishes prices for procedures directly on his website. Smith explained how insurance providers make more money repricing claims than they do collecting premiums. Incentives are in place for the insurance carriers to seek out the highest cost providers. He explains it like this: "Nobody talks about this one: PPO repricing. [Preferred Provider Organizations] You see, some PPO's (actually all of them I think) charge PPO repricing fees. This means that if the PPO pays $10,000 to a facility for a surgery or hospitalization hat the facility charged $20,000 for, the PPO, by virtue of having 'repriced' this procedure or hospital stay, gets a percentage of the money they 'saved' whoever was paying the bill...usually no more than 25%. " 'Wait a minute,' you say! 'You mean the PPO collects the premiums, then maximizes their profit by ratcheting down the payment to the physician and facility but also makes a percentage on the difference between the beginning and ending bill amounts? So the higher the bill is to start with, the more they make?' " (The above is quoted from his blog: www.tiny.cc/BlogSmith) I was amazed to learn that surgeons can perform the same procedure at Smith's Surgery Center and at the hospital across town and get paid more for their work at the Surgery Center than they do at the hospital. Smith is disgusted with the fact that the current healthcare system is a syndicate or cartel that rigs the system and is bankrupting us in the process. He explained how ObamaCare is only going to make things worse. However, he ended on a very positive note stating that the government does what it always does and screws things up so badly that the system will collapse on itself and people will find new ways to save on healthcare. Smith ended by paraphrasing Camus and reminding us that "The welfare of the masses has always been the alibi of tyrants." (The actual quote: "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants." -- Albert Camus) ****************************** *************** Reason has a video and an article about the Keith Smith: "Oklahoma Doctors vs. ObamaCare: Surgery center provides free-market medicine." Both are at: www.tiny.cc/medCare And if you'd like to look up other things Smith spoke about here's his archive: www.tiny.cc/SmithA NEW___________________________ ___________________ NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., Feb. 23, 3:00pm, sense of life Bill Dunn will continue his presentation on Ayn Rand's concept, sense of life. This is part of Ayn Rand's quote which she agreed to have placed in the "The Ayn Rand Lexicon:" "A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence. It sets the nature of a man's emotional responses and the essence of his character...." Read the rest of this quote and more of what Rand wrote about the subject at: www.tiny.cc/SenseLife For what Barbara Branden has to say about a related subject, romantic love: www.tiny.cc/BBlove As always, we'll talk about Ayn Rand, her works, challenges, Objectivist life, options, associations and knowledge. Give and take, open to all, no charge, no reservations. It's on the last Sun. of each month. It's at The Midtown Restaurant, 155 East 55 St., between 3rd and Lexington Avenues, mid-block on the north side of 55th St., in Manhattan, free. There are usually one to two dozen people at each Meetup. Benny Pollack, Ayn Rand Meetup organizer, says: "Join our group of regular Objectivists for a lively discussion on topics related to Ayn Rand and Objectivist philosophy in general. "Please join us. If you are already versed in the topic, want to learn or just want to spend an intellectually stimulating afternoon, please come. I hope to see you all there." Get up-to-date info: www.aynRand.meetup.com/8 NEW___________________________ ___________________ The FCC wades into the newsroom Why is the agency studying "perceived station bias" and asking about coverage choices? by Ajit Pai, FCC commissioner, Feb. 10, Wall Street Journal ...Last May the FCC proposed an initiative to thrust the federal gov't into newsrooms across the country. With its "Multi-market study of critical information needs," or CIN, the agency plans to send researchers to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run. A field test in Columbia, S.C., is scheduled to begin this spring.... Read the rest at: www.tiny.cc/FCCnews To sign a petition against this: www.tiny.cc/againstFCC Today the FCC seems to be cutting back on this but it isn't complete, only a reaction to all the talk in the news. NEW___________________________ ___________________ ObamaCare is suffocating an already sick health ins. patient by Rituparna Basu, from Ayn Rand Inst. at Forbes.com As ObamaCare's troubles mount proponents reiterate their fictitious tale of life before ObamaCare. Prior to Obamacare almost every state also manipulated how insurers priced polices... For decades, gov't controls in health insurance were pervasive: from licensing who can sell insurance and where to regulating how insurers organize their finances, to dictating how they price their policies, to decreeing to whom they must sell their services, to mandating what conditions they must cover, to restricting how they advertise. The list goes on and on. Was the health insurance market plagued with problems? Yes. The health insurance market was mostly controlled by gov't. ...ObamaCare, the greatest expansion of gov't in almost 50 years, [yet] the free market continues to be blamed for our problems. For example, in light of skyrocketing premiums last year, a NY Times editorial called for "more [gov't] power" to fix the state of "lax regulations." Talk about scapegoating! Not once did the Times consider the impact of distortions caused by ObamaCare. Here's an idea: perhaps ObamaCare is more of the poison that is killing the patient. Read it all here: www.tiny.cc/OCsick NEW___________________________ ___________________ The industry ObamaCare is killing: Medical-device industry by Henry I. Miller, MD, Hoover Inst., Feb. 21, NY Post Among the many things wrong with ObamaCare is how an obscure tax that helps pay for the program is hammering the U.S. medical-device industry, killing jobs and threatening lifesaving advances. These devices include some of the genuine miracles of modern medicine: pacemakers, artificial joints, replacement heart valves, arterial stents, scanners and radiotherapy machines What makes the tax particularly devastating is that it's assessed on gross sales, not profits. So if you had a profit of $100,000 on sales of $1 million after all your costs and expenses, the excise tax would be $23,000, wiping out almost a quarter of your profits.... What's especially punishing is that medical-device firms often have to ramp up sales before they start turning a profit. Thanks to a long and draconian regulatory process they must negotiate before they can even sell a product, it can take $70 million to $100 million in total sales before these businesses make their first cent of profits. Yet they have to pay the excise tax on their revenues.... Read it all at: www.tiny.cc/OCtax NEW___________________________ ___________________ Celebrating Mozart' music on his birthday By Robert Begley, who's often at Junto, in the Objective Standard's Blog. Here are a few of its highlights: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...1756, was not only a musical genius and prolific composer; he also founded or revolutionized several genres of music. Here is an indication... Symphony: Before Mozart, a symphony was little more than a warm-up piece, on a par with an overture or a suite. Mozart's 41 symphonies were major and complex works, covering the spectrum of human emotion.... Piano concerto: Mozart transformed the piano into the centerpiece instrument of orchestra.... Opera: Mozart placed harmony, melody, and counterpoint in the center of opera, driving forward the respective plot... The Magic Flute at once captures the music of a songbird and dramatizes the story of man's education, which progresses through trial and error, from chaos and superstition to order and understanding. In this sense, Mozart provided the soundtrack for the Age of Enlightenment. ...His German dances were the precursor to the Vienna Waltz.... Read all of this, with a link to a concerto with a conductor as beautiful to watch as a ballet dancer: www.tiny.cc/MozartR NEW___________________________ ___________________ Three new books -- bullies, rights and moral case for fuels * "Push back!: How to take a stand against groupthink, bullies, agitators, and professional manipulators" by B.K. Eakman Recommended by Alexandra York: "It should be a handbook for Tea Party types." www.tiny.cc/PushBack * "The conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the right to liberty" by Timothy Sandefur of Cato. Our Constitution was written not to empower democracy but to secure liberty. Today it's used to to help expand gov't at the expense of individual rights: www.tiny.cc/Cons * "The moral case for fossil fuels" by Alex Epstein, Junto speaker, available Nov. 2014, preorder: www.tiny.cc/moralFule NEW___________________________ ___________________ Naomi Brockwell active online, she's often at Junto & performed * Five videos about Bitcoins: www.tiny.cc/BitcoinN * Her photo at "Atlas Shrugged part 3" film: www.tiny.cc/AtlasN * Her site: www.tiny.cc/siteN * Her Facebook page: www.tiny.cc/faceN * Her company Rainsworth is a producer of film, webseries and theater; offers a school, seminars & coaching; newsletter: www.tiny.cc/companyN NEW___________________________ ___________________ Free seminar -- Big ideas on the big screen: How economic thinking can make you a better filmmaker Sponsored by The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the Moving Picture Institute (MPI). Naomi Brockwell (see above) will speak there. You'll get to socialize with other students. Read more: www.tiny.cc/freeClass NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?" title of part 3 of film This film is the final part, based on Ayn Rand's bestselling novel. The actor playing the hero, Galt, is Kris Polaha. Watch his video interview: www.tiny.cc/Galt The director James Manera wrote the script with producer Harmon Kaslow. Read the director's interview for his thoughts about this film and to learn about other films and documentaries he's directed: www.tiny.cc/DirectorA The last day of filming was Feb. 14. The film should out in before the election. NEW___________________________ ___________________ Chinese dissident Xia Yeliang joins Cato as visiting fellow Cato Inst. announced this former prof. econ, Peking U., has joined Center for Global Liberty & Prospriety as visiting fellow. The move comes after the university dismissed Xia last Oct. due to his outspoken criticism of China's Communist Party and his advocacy of democracy and human rights. "We're delighted and honored that Professor Xia, a true champion of freedom, will significantly expand our expertise on China through work ranging from economic history to contemporary social & political issues," said dir. of the Center. Read more: www.tiny.cc/CatoXia NEW___________________________ ___________________ Watch Xia Yeliang live or later on a Cato panel, Thu., Feb. 27 It will be about the explosion of partnerships, exchanges and programs between U.S. institutions of higher ed. and those in China. It focuses on the case of Wellesley College's relationship with Peking U. in light of the persecution and dismissal of Xia. It will illustrate the pressure authoritarian-controlled universities can exert on universities in a free society to overlook human rights violations: www.tiny.cc/CatoChina NEW___________________________ ___________________ Businesses must swear they aren't trying to avoid ObamaCare "Obama officials made clear in a press briefing that firms would not be allowed to lay off workers to get into the preferred class of those businesses with 50 to 99 employees. …Firms will be required to certify to the IRS -- under penalty of perjury -- that ObamaCare was not a motivating factor in their staffing decisions. To avoid ObamaCare costs you must swear that you are not trying to avoid ObamaCare costs:" www.tiny.cc/OCavoid NEW___________________________ ___________________ The power of glamour: Persuasion, longing, & individual aspiration Virginia Postrel, columnist Bloomberg View, Junto speaker, former editor Reason; with Tyler Cowen, prof. econ, also a Junto speaker. Glamour's been driving forces throughout human history, unleashing a dazzling form of persuasion that operates by rousing aspiration and longing in the individual. Watch the video of this Cato event: www.tiny.cc/GlamourC NEW___________________________ ___________________ ObamaCare, "Atlas Shrugged" and the imperial super-president by Dan Mitchell, Feb. 17, 2014 Just like Clark Kent could change into Superman, President Obama has a remarkable ability to change into King Obama.... This isn't the first time that the real-world unfolding of ObamaCare has resembled a scene from "Atlas Shrugged." Back in 2011, I wrote about how the waiver process for escaping the law was almost identical to the corrupt system of unfreezing railroad bonds in the book. Read all: www.tiny.cc/AtlasObama Dan is a sr. fellow at Cato Inst. He posts to his site daily: "Tired of that pesky Constitution? Irritated that the Founding Fathers created a system based on separation of powers? Well, there's a superhero to overcome those obstacles: International liberty -- Restraining government in America and around the world www.tiny.cc/AtlasDan NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Shark Tank" reruns are successful and other facts Since CNBC began rerunning the ABC show in Jan, it's gotten the largest prime-time audience in 5 years. On Tues., 8:00pm to midnight. www.tiny.cc/SharkCNBC "...most informative and optimistic shows....Entrepreneurs stand before 5 sharks...pitch the idea for their company and then offer the sharks a share of it in return for some investment....good approximation of what goes on when entrepreneurs meet with venture capitalists...." www.tiny.cc/businessShark I came across some info about the show: * Barbara Corcoran's best investment was Daisy Cakes, It was the first time she asked to be paid by item sold: $1 a cake till her $50,000 was paid back. She got it back in 3 week. * A consensus of studies say it's worth $4 and $5 million in marketing exposure to be on the show. * About 25% of deals don't go through. * A meat company last season didn't get a deal. It was doing $1.2 million sales before the segment, sales more than doubled in the half year after it. They expect $5 to $10 million in 2014. NEW___________________________ ___________________ Minimum wage research site from Cato Pres. Obama has made raising the minimum wage a centerpiece of his campaign against "income inequality." Numerous governors are pushing to increase their state minimum as well. Such proposals may be politically popular, but are they effective? Overwhelming evidence suggests increasing minimum wage would do little to reduce poverty or inequality. Would almost certainly reduce employment opportunities, especially for those low-skilled, entry-level workers for whom a job represents the first rung on the ladder of opportunity. For several years, Cato scholars have written extensively on the pitfalls of raising the minimum wage. This one-stop-shop for minimum wage research makes learning about it and its effect on the economy easy: www.tiny.cc/MinWageCato NEW___________________________ ___________________ In memory of Barbara Branden, 1929 -- 2013, Sun., Mar. 2 2:00pm to 5:00pm, Ebell of LA, 4400 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA A memorial gathering to honor Barbara Branden and celebrate her life and achievements. The gathering will be a cocktail-style reception, with brief remembrances by those who knew Barbara well; with displays of art from collections of Barbara and her friends; and with other memorabilia. Refreshments will be served. Barbara was a writer, lecturer and author of the best-selling biography "The Passion of Ayn Rand." During her long association with Rand, she was one of the founders of the Objectivist movement. She was a woman of courage, conviction and exquisite grace. Please join her family and her many friends and admirers March 2nd to honor her memory. RSVP: www.tiny.cc/BBmemorial Host The Atlas Society, www@atlassociety.org 202-AYN-RAND NEW___________________________ ___________________ Cato Institute's new site explains libertarianism Liberty. It's a simple idea, but it's also the linchpin of a complex system of values and practices: justice, prosperity, responsibility, toleration, cooperation and peace. Many people believe liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They're called libertarians. If you're new to libertarianism and want to learn more, here's David Boaz, Cato exec. VP, "Introduction to Libertarian Thought" In 20 minutes you're introduced libertarianism, explore the ideas behind it and the policies it leads to. If you want to know what libertarianism is all about, this is a place to start. Like most libertarians he doesn't begin with individual rights. www.tiny.cc/libertyCato NEW___________________________ ___________________ Free market and Objectivist groups, sites and podcasts *** Groups which meet in Manhattan *** Ayn Rand NY Tours -- www.tiny.cc/ToursRand Gotham Tea Party -- www.tiny.cc/GothamTea Manhattan Libertarian Party -- www.manhattanLP.org NYC Ayn Rand Meetup -- www.meetup.com/AynRand-8 NYC Junto -- www.nycjunto.org NY Objectivists/NY Heroes -- www.tiny.cc/NYheroesObj *** Sites to visit *** Aristos: An Online Review of the Arts -- www.aristos.org "Atlas" in your life -- www.Fountainheadinstitute.com Ayn Rand Institute -- www.AynRand.org Ayn Rand Lexicon -- www.AynRandLexicon.com Bastiat Institute -- www.Bastiatinstitute.org Center for Industrial Progress -- www.tiny.cc/indProgress Cato Institute -- www.cato.org Daily Debate, Tracinski's hightlights of Real Clear Politics -- www.tiny.cc/DailyDebateT education blog -- www.LiberatingEducation. blogspot.com Forum for Ayn Rand fans -- www.forums.4aynRandFans.com Powell history courses -- www.HistoryAtOurHouse.com Institute for Justice -- www.ij.org Libertarianism intro from Cato -- www.Libertarianism.org Liberty Magazine -- www.tiny.cc/LibertyMag Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- www.mises.org News Sandwich from Amy Peikoff -- www.tiny.cc/NewsS Objectivism Online -- www.objectivismOnline.com Powell History -- www.tiny.cc/PowellHistory Real Clear Politics -- www.RealClearPolitics.com Rebirth of Reason -- www.RebirthOfReason.com Sense of Life Objectivists -- www.soloPassion.com The Atlasphere -- www.theAtlasphere.com The Atlas Society -- www.AtlasSociety.org The College of the United States -- www.rifinst.org The Objective Standard -- www.theObjectiveStandard.com The Objective Standard's Blog -- www.tiny.cc/blogTOS The Tracinski Letter -- www.tracinskiLetter.com *** Internet podcasts, all free *** These are mainly weekly "radio" shows you can hear online. Listen to any show live or at any time. Some are on iTunes. If you're listening live, join by commenting or asking questions by phone, email, in a chat room, tweeting, etc. * "Objectively speaking" (The Arshak and Andy Show) Arshak Benlian and Andrew Bernstein discusse current events and timeless themes related to politics and culture from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism: Live Tues. 8:00pm to 9:00pm eastern time www.tiny.cc/ArshakAndy * " 'Atlas Shrugged' out loud" Arshak Benlian's detailed, scene by scene, study of Ayn Rand's epic novel. Live Sun. 9:00am to 10:00am eastern time www.tiny.cc/StudyAtlas * "Don't let it go unheard" Amy Peikoff's discussion of news and politics from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy Objectivism. Bosch Fawstin, illusWriter is usually on the show. Visit his site to see his clever and dramatic work: www.tiny.cc/BoschF Robert Begley, a Junto regular, often calls in live. Live Fri. 3:00pm to 5:00pm eastern time www.tiny.cc/AmyP * "Philosophy in action" Diana Heish answer questions on positive change in Islam, self-esteem and appearance, rational suicide, deep-down atheism and more. Live Sun. Q&As: 11:00am eastern time Live Wed. Interviews: 9:00pm eastern time www.tiny.cc/DianaH * "The Peikoff podcasts" Alternate weeks have Leonard Peikoff, philosopher, Ayn Rand's intellectual heir or Yaron Brook, CEO, Ayn Rand Institute. Leonard answers questions about Ayn Rand's philosophy Objectivism. He focuses on human relationships, career, moral issues -- not technical philosophy or practical politics. Yaron answers questions on politics, economics, foreign policy. Podcasts available by topic, single questions or full episodes. www.tiny.cc/PeikoffBrook ______________________________ ____________________ Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours * "Atlas Shrugged" * Ayn Rand's Park Ave. * Skyscrapers of ''The Fountainhead'' * Ayn Rand on Broadway * Ayn Rand Fifth Ave. www.tiny.cc/ToursRand Scheduled tours $20, over 65 yr. old $15. Private tours $30. To arrange for your private tour or for more information, call Fred at home: 718-397-9019 or on his cell: 917-607-9019 or email him: fcookinham [at] juno.com Fred's tours get better because he never stops researching. ''What I have learned from a lifetime of studying Ayn Rand." He's often at Junto and Ayn Rand Meetups. He gave his ''Ayn Rand and Free Market Tour'' for Mont Pelerin Society. ______________________________ ____________________ Read and post to Junto sites * Read and post to the Forum on the Junto site: www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum * Read and post to Junto-discuss list: Junto members can discuss Junto speakers and other topics. You can read these posts at: www.yhoo.it/JuntoP To post to this list you need to be a member of it. Become a member at: www.yhoo.it/JuntoD or send email: NYCjunto-discuss-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com ______________________________ ____________________ About Junto and this Junto newsletter * Gene Epstein moderates Junto. He's the economics editor and books editor of Barron's, the weekly business magazine, author of ''Econospinning: How to read between the lines When the media manipulate the numbers'' www.tiny.cc/Econo * Iris Bell writes this e-newsletter, designs the Junto handouts and is a freelance graphic designer. She was Ayn Rand's and the Nathaniel Branden Institute's graphic designer. * Oleg Atbashian created NYCjunto.com. He also sends out this e-newsletter, cares for its email list and moderates www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum. His famous site discusses important issues with humor: www.ThePeoplesCube.com * Our founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer. Dedicated to the scientific method, free markets, deflating ballyhoo, creating value, and laughter; a forum for us to use our meager abilities to make the world of specinvestments a better place. Visit his site at: www.DailySpeculations.com * This e-newsletter comes out twice a month. You might get an occasional extra email about a timely event. * To subscribe to this newsletter put "Junto list" in the subject line, email your name & preferred email address to: info@NYCjunto.org ______________________________ ____________________ END
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